Combination tub-support, ironing-board, and clothes-rack.



PATBNTED SEPT. 19, 1905.

- E. L. BERGSTRESSER. COMBINATION TUB SUPPORT, IRONING BOARD, AND CLOTHES RACK.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT- 29. 1904.

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Vail/140m PATBNTED SEPT. 19, 1905.

. E. L. BERGSTRESSER. COMBINATION TUB SUPPORT, IRONING BOARD, AND CLOTHES RACK.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 29. 1904.

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UNITED I STATES PAT NT carton EDIVIN LOT BERGSTRESSER, OF HUBBERSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

COMBINATION TUB-SUPPORT, IRONING-BOARD, AND CLOTHES-RACK.

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Be it known that I, EDWIN Lo'r BERG- STRESSER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hubbersburg, in the county of Center and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a (10mbination Tub-Support, Ironing-Board, and Clothes-Rack; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to a combination device adapted for use as a tub-support, ironing-board, and clothes-rack.

The object of my invention is to improve and simplify the construction of devices of this character and to thereby render them more durable and efficient in use and less 8X-' pensive to manufacture.

With this and other objects inview the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, as will be more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved combination device. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view through the same, the tub-support being in its extended position and the clothes-rack being in its folded or closed position. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse sectional view taken on the line 3 3 of .Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a similar view taken on the line 4 4 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a bottom plan view of the ironing-board with the clothes-rack in a partly-opened and partly-closed position.

Referring to the drawings by numeral, 1 denotes a tub-support in the form of an extensible table or bench and adapted for various uses. It comprises a main portion 2 and. a sliding portion 3, which isadapted to telescope endwise into the main portion 2, the sides 4 of the sliding portion being provided with ribs or tongues 5, which engage and slide in grooves 6, provided on the sides 7 of the main or stationary portion 2. The tops8 of the two portions 2 and 3, upon which the washtubs are placed, may be of any suitable construction. The head or outer end of the main portion 2 is supported by legs 9 and its inner end is here shown as supported by its engagement with the sliding portion 3, which has two legs 10 at each of its ends. The sides 7 of the main portion 2 are connected at their Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 29, 1904. Serial No. 226,600-

Patented Eiept. 19, 1905.

inner ends by a cross-bar 11, which limits the outward movement of the sliding portion 3, and the latter has a suitable handle 12 on its outer end to permit it to be readily adjusted in the main portion.

The legs 9 at the head of'the main portion 2 of the support project above its top 8 and are connected by a vertically-disposed headboard 13, to which a combined ironing-board and clothes-rack 14 is adapted to be removably attached. The detachable connection between the device 14 and the support 1 is effected by forming the said board 13 with a right-angular-shaped slot 15, adapted to receive apin 16, projecting between two parallel plates 17, spaced apart a suflicient distance to receive the board 13 and secured at their upper ends to a bracket 18, which is secured to and spaced from the under side of the ironing-board 19 adjacent to one of its ends. It Will be seen that when it is desired to attach the device 14 to the tub-support the plates 17 are slipped over the board 13 and forced down so that the pin 16 enters the vertical portion of the slot 15, and the said plates are then slipped transversely to cause the said pin to enter the horizontal portion of said slot and prevent the casual displacement of the pin. This connection secures and supports the head or large end of the ironing-board, and in order to support the center or the outer end of the same which is disposed above the top of the tub-support I provide a swinging brace 20, having its lower end resting upon the top 8 of the tub-support and its upper end pivoted, as at 21, to a bracket 22, secured to and spaced from the under side of the ironing-board 19, as shown. Pivoted upon a vertically-disposed pin 23 between the under side of the ironing-board 19 and the spaced bracket 18 is a circular plate or disk 24, formed upon its upper side with a series of integral studs 25, upon which the inner ends of clothes-supporting arms 26 are pivoted. These arms 26, of which any number may be employed, according to the size of the clothes-rack desired, are adapted to be spread apart to receive the clothes to be dried, and when not in use they may be folded together and swung under the ironing-board by revolving the pivoted plate or disk 24, as shown in Fig. 5. When the clothes-rack is in its folded or closed position, the ends of the arms enter the space between the bracket 22 and the under side of the ironing-board. When the rack is in its opened position, said arms 26 are firmly supported by the plate or disk 24, to which they are pivoted, and all looseness is prevented by their engagement with the under side of the ironing-board 19.

The top of the ironing-board 19 is provided with a removable fabric covering 27, which is formed at one end with a pocket 28, adapted to be slipped over the small end of the ironing-board, andat each of its sides with a hem 29, in which a narrow strip of wood or other material 30 is inserted. Said strips 30 are secured by screws or other fastening means 31 to the side edges of the ironingboard 19 and are adapted to hold the covering in a stretched position upon the board, as shown.

The use and. advantages of my invention will be readily seen from the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings. It will be understood that when the ironing-board is detached from the tub-support the latter may be put to various uses. In addition to its use as a tubsupport it may, when its sliding portion 3 is extended, be used as a cot or bedstead, and when said. portion 3 is telescoped into the portion 2 the same may be used as a chair, bench, table, or the like. It will be seen that the ironing-board may be quickly and easily attached or removed, and when in use it will be firm and secure.

VVhile' I have shown and described the preferred form of my invention, I wish it understood that I do not limit myself to the precise construction herein set forth, since various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention. Instead of having the headboard l3 rigidly secured to the tub -support I may hinge the same so as to fold down at one end. Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a table or support having an attaching-board at one end provided with a right-angular-shaped slot, of an ironing-board, spaced plates at one end of said board adapted to engage said attachingboard, a pin between said spaced plates adapted to engage said slot in said attachingboard, and a brace secured to said ironingboard and adapted to rest upon the top of said table or, support, substantially-as described.

2. The combination with a telescoping. tubsupport or table having a vertically-disposed attaching-board at one end formed with a right-angularshaped slot, of an ironingboard, vertically-disposed spaced plates secured transversely at one end of said ironingboard and adapted to engage said attachingboard, a transverse pin between said spaced plates adapted to engage said slot in said attaching-board, and a swinging brace pivotally connected to said ironing-board and adapted to rest upon the top of said tub-support or table, substantially as described.

3. In combination with a supporting device, an ironing-board having brackets on its under side at suitable distances from its opposite ends, spaces being provided between said brackets and the under side of the board, means to secure one of said brackets to the supporting device, supporting-legs pivotally secured to the other bracket and adapted to bear on the supporting device, and arms pivotally connected to the upper side of one of the said brackets, adapted to lie in the space between said bracket and the under side of the ironing-board and to fold into the space between the other bracket and the under side of the ironing-board, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDWIN LOT BERGSTRESSER.

Witnesses HARRY KELLER, ELLEN VALENTINE. 

